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Basically telling someone who's Arab, "I hope you die" in the most racist way possible.
This hate is brought to you by Israel.
He hoped the beeper didn't go off though, isn't that the opposite of "I hope you die"?
Still not a good thing to say. Even if one were to believe him that it was a joke, it would still be pretty horrendous
It still implies he's a terrorist for supporting Palestinians.
And that the other people were in the blast radius. Truly fucked-up.
How?
Those pagers weren't just distributed to the general population.
Good point
You must have many friends, with charm like that
And yet you’re still fucking dumb
It’s like if they were in the context of black folks being hanged, and he said to a black guest: “I hope they run out of rope for you”.
Like yeah, they’re technically saying they hope his life is spared, but only through a mistake.
It's even a little bit worse than that. Here's a quick Youtube video with, I think, just enough context.
It's quick and glib and is structured like a bit of political wit, but he's pretty earnestly comparing Hasan to Hamas/Hezbollah and the "joke" is more about his comic persona (to the extent you develop one in the three seconds of buildup to being Mr. Funny on a news panel show) hoping that he and the entire table don't get blown up by Hasan's beeper during the show. I didn't get any subtext or subtle implication that Hasan should be spared, except for duration of the oh-so-funny Gidursky being in the blast radius.
It's the sort of thing that somebody might feel safe saying on CNN if, in other environments, they'd be perfectly happy wishing death on people who oppose the war. A cheap shot from a racist asshole.
Well said. I too was confused that he said doesn't, but he was basically saying "I hope I'm not collateral damage when Israel murders you". Absolute psycho...
exactly
Yeah, just like how my dad was sincere when he told me "I hope you dont get AIDS" while kicking me out the house after i came out
Well, I genuinely hope you don't get AIDS. And that you find better family to replace that asshole...
Fuck man. I'm really sorry.
I hope you're doing ok.
Ever hear of sarcasm? That's the way it came off to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
True. Also unrelated: I hope you and your family don't die in a car crash.
Thanks! Same to you!